Re:Great apes appear to have “theory of mind”
by meowface on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @10:48AM
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Ignorance plays a large role, but even when people are overwhelmed with (accurate) information, I'd say over 90% of people still take the cruel but easier path.
Re:Great apes appear to have “theory of mind”
by vekker on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @07:44AM
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IMHO there's different kinds of ignorance. There's a difference between the absence of knowledge and misperception of reality. The first is an intellectual type of ignorance: the lack of information. The latter is the lack of wisdom/insight and leads to superimposing a view of reality onto reality itself, which leads to cruel behavior and suffering.
I don't think that's the case. It's just ignorance that can lead to cruel behavior, which is just amplified the bigger our society is. That's more actionable than simply judging our species as cruel (call me naive, but I honestly think most of us want to be good).